Table 5 Relation between QOL with clinical comorbidities and duration of dialysis and QOL
From: Psychiatric comorbidity and quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis
Variable | Non | Diabetes | Hypertension | Diabetes and hypertension | Sig. t test | P value |
Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | |||
Health | 14.4528 | 10.3203 | 10.2048 | 11.0320 | 10.686 | 0.000** |
4.31670 | 3.77421 | 3.20621 | 3.02234 | |||
Social | 13.6523 | 10.5284 | 10.8043 | 11.0080 | 6.238 | 0.001** |
4.04040 | 3.76897 | 2.97001 | 2.72714 | |||
Psychological | 13.6925 | 10.7258 | 12.0843 | 11.9140 | 3.720 | 0.014** |
4.07448 | 4.03543 | 3.95834 | 3.73034 | |||
Family | 15.1721 | 11.9155 | 12.7278 | 13.2040 | 4.363 | 0.006** |
4.60154 | 4.36019 | 3.78274 | 2.68295 | |||
QOL total | 14.22785 | 10.71161 | 11.19087 | 11.58900 | 7.937 | 0.000** |
3.868080 | 3.651926 | 3.046260 | 2.692836 | |||
Variable | Less than 1 year | From 1 to 5 years | More than 5 years | Sig. test | P value | |
Mean SD | Mean SD | Mean SD | ||||
Health | 14.3940 | 11.8782 | 12.3987 | 0.847 | 0.431 | |
5.73691 | 4.24813 | 4.33331 | ||||
Social | 14.4460 | 11.9575 | 11.9040 | 0.983 | 0.377 | |
5.33806 | 3.81916 | 3.91878 | ||||
Psychological | 12.5580 | 12.6172 | 12.2420 | 0.115 | 0.892 | |
4.14740 | 4.18959 | 4.18528 | ||||
Family | 17.2820 | 13.7105 | 13.2795 | 1.897 | 0.155 | |
5.27950 | 4.24387 | 4.50264 | ||||
QOL total | 14.45320 | 12.35842 | 12.41309 | 0.676 | 0.510 | |
4.870916 | 3.780593 | 3.936289 | ||||